| NET Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1When Solomon had finished constructing the LORD's temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God's temple. | 1Thus all the work that Solomon performed for the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver and the gold and all the utensils, and put them in the treasuries of the house of God. |
| 2Then Solomon convened Israel's elders--all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families--in Jerusalem, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the City of David (that is, Zion). | 2Then Solomon assembled to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' households of the sons of Israel, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. |
| 3All the men of Israel assembled before the king during the festival in the seventh month. | 3All the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, that is in the seventh month. |
| 4When all Israel's elders had arrived, the Levites lifted the ark. | 4Then all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark. |
| 5The priests and Levites carried the ark, the tent where God appeared to his people, and all the holy items in the tent. | 5They brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the holy utensils which were in the tent; the Levitical priests brought them up. |
| 6Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. | 6And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him before the ark, were sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. |
| 7The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubs. | 7Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubim. |
| 8The cherubs' wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. | 8For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles. |
| 9The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day. | 9The poles were so long that the ends of the poles of the ark could be seen in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; and they are there to this day. |
| 10There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. (It was there that the LORD made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.) | 10There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. |
| 11The priests left the holy place. All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented. | 11When the priests came forth from the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without regard to divisions), |
| 12All the Levites who were musicians, including Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives, wore linen. They played cymbals and stringed instruments as they stood east of the altar. They were accompanied by 120 priests who blew trumpets. | 12and all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and kinsmen, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps and lyres, standing east of the altar, and with them one hundred and twenty priests blowing trumpets |
| 13The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the LORD, singing: "Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!" Then a cloud filled the LORD's temple. | 13in unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised the LORD saying,"He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting," then the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud, |
| 14The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the LORD's splendor filled God's temple. | 14so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God. |
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